Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

Nelson Mandela

A Real Hero

Spends years in jail because he is fighting for the rights of all his people. A real hero goes into a burning building to save lives. They do things for the world and get little fanfare. Heroes sometimes aren’t in an animated gif on a blogging site. It’s a teacher in a school that many don’t want to be assigned to. That cop walking a beat to keep you safe at night. A real hero is the person in your neighborhood who helps you in a pinch. Rarely do heroes wear capes. 

Just reflecting on what a real hero is. 

A Word About President Mandela

In reading his quotes and knowing about his life Nelson Mandela was a true leader, statesman and champion for human rights. His life was about creating an equal playing field for everyone in South Africa. One thing about him, he wanted to give rights to the oppressed without taking rights from those who enjoyed them for decades. Mr. Mandela leaves behind a legacy that we should all want to follow. It’s the right thing to set a table for everyone to enjoy all of what God has provided his children. 

In college I knew a man named Kelvin who was from South Africa and he exposed me to Mandela and the African National Congress. It’s that time spent with Kelvin that I grew to understand what it means to bring down systems that oppress people, takes away their basic human needs and to enslave them. I believe the way I do in a small way because Nelson Mandela fought the good fight. 

A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones

Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Has Passed Away

Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela has passed away on Thursday evening local time. He was a brave man in life and in death. President Mandela was an historic, iconic figure for hope and freedom for the people of his country. He spent 27 years in prison and was the leader for a democratic nation. 

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela